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Lucentis

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Lucentis,
a trademark for ranibizumab.


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The centre is one of the busiest in the country with more than 60 patients a week receiving Lucentis injections, the medication used to treat "wet" macular degeneration.
Eye treatment team wins national award by Birmingham Mail (England)
Thea Phillips was diagnosed with wet age-related macular degeneration - the biggest cause of blindness in the UK - in January this year, but at the time the sight-saving wonder drug Lucentis was not freely available on the NHS.
'I could lose my eyesight completely if the NHS doesn't help me soon ... by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
But following another NICE recommendation, all macular disease patients should now be eligible for free Lucentis by the end of November.
'Fair deal for eye disease sufferers; Patient's battle for free NHS ... by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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